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Wreaths of the Heartland
South Dakota Wreath
This lovely wreath was inspired by the ring-necked pheasant, introduced as a game bird to South Dakota in 1898. The pheasant became the state bird in 1943.
To make this wreath: Begin with a pre-made twig wreath (ours was 22 inches wide). Using hot glue and a glue gun, attach tiny pheasant pinfeathers to a few twig ends. Using hot glue, attach Brazil nuts (found in grocery stores) around the center opening. Insert medium-size pheasant feathers, all facing the same direction as the twigs. Attach with hot glue. About a dozen long tail feathers are used in the lower third of the wreath. Divide the feathers, using half on one side, half on the other, gluing them horizontally so they resemble whiskers on a cat's face. A large bow of brown satin, attached with florist's wire, is centered above the large feathers.
Nebraska Wreath
We left the husks on burgundy miniature popcorn to reflect the nickname Cornhusker State. Referring to the early method of harvesting corn, the moniker is carried by today's University of Nebraska athletic teams. Dried materials could substitute for our fresh orange kumquats and green boxwood.
To make this wreath: Begin with a premade grapevine wreath (ours was 10 inches wide). At a grocery store, buy enough small strawberry popcorn cobs (with husks left on) to cover the wreath. Place florist's wire around each cob and attach to the grapevine form. Thread wires through fresh kumquats (or around dried ones) and attach to the form. Wrap wire around small bouquets of fresh boxwood or dried greens before attaching to the wreath. We added a burgundy velvet bow at the base.
Illinois Wreath
The Prairie State was the first to designate the cardinal as its official bird, in 1929. Ohio and Indiana followed (plus Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia). Our grapevine wreath could adorn a coat hook or doorknob. We tucked in sprigs of white tallowberries and a pair of male cardinals (ours aren't territorial!).
To make this wreath: A 7-1/2-inch premade grapevine wreath is the base. Add an upsweep of dried twigs 7 to 8 inches long on one side; attach with hot glue. Insert white tallowberries around the wreath, securing with hot glue. The cardinals come with wire on their feet, which you attach to the wreath form.
Ohio Wreath
The scarlet carnation, this state's official flower, perks up our three wreaths on silver platters. They're easy to make with moistened floral foam wreath bases, and will last up to a week. The flower serves as a memory of native son President William McKinley, elected in 1896 and assassinated in 1901. He usually wore one in his lapel.
To make this project: Soak the floral foam wreaths in water (we used three 12-inch forms) until saturated. Place each form on a plate that's slightly wider than your completed project. Cut the stems of red carnations close to the base of the bud, gently pushing the short stem into the floral foam. Add a dozen red spider gerbera daisies, if you like. Completely cover the form with flowers. The number you'll need depends on the size of the flowers (we used 24 to 30 medium- size carnations for each). Buy ornaments with wire attached to their base and insert them into the wreath wherever you like. Place an ivory candle and glass hurricane lamp in the center of the wreath form.
North Dakota Wreath
The state's heritage of horses, cowboys, Native American culture and the frontier inspires our wreath.
To make this wreath: Find stainless steel barbed wire at a hardware or farm supply store. Wear heavy leather gloves and long sleeves while you wrap the barbed wire around a round form, such as a plastic bucket, as many times as you wish. Finish by looping more barbed wire around the circle (ours was 15 inches wide). Draw a star pattern on paper, then trace it on leather and cut out several. Cut more leather to form a bow and "ribbon" in proportion to the size of your wreath. Attach the leather stars and toy sheriff's stars to the wreath with hot glue and florists' wire. We wired spurs and a child's cowboy boot to the center opening.
Iowa Wreath
When you think of "Delicious" apples, think of Iowa. In the late 1800s, a tree near Winterset bore the first fruits, which were strawberry red streaked with yellow, much smaller than today's brand. Our apple-laden wreath will last about two weeks.
To make this wreath: This project can be made with fresh or dried materials. If using fresh apples, soak the heart-shaped floral foam in water until saturated. Cut apples in half. Use a florist's pick to push each fresh apple half into the floral foam. If using halved plastic apples, use a dry foam heart shape and hot glue to attach the apples. After the apples are in place, cover all the empty spots with hypericum berries (again, you can use fresh or dried) that you wire to a pick and then push into the foam.
Kansas Swag
What says "Kansas" better than wheat and sunflowers? The state ranks first nationwide in wheat production and third in sunflower production, and the sunflower has been a state symbol since March 12, 1903.
To make this project: This easy swag begins with a premade sheaf of wheat (ours was 26 inches long). Thread the sheaf through a foam wreath. Use a wet floral foam form if using fresh sunflowers, and a dry foam form for dried sunflowers. Wire the sheaf and ring together. Cut the sunflower stems very close to the base of the flower, then gently push into the floral foam to cover the form. Make a plaid bow, then tie it with florist's wire to the intersection of the sheaf and wreath.
Michigan Wreath
Midwesterners know winter, especially the hardy residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where the annual average snowfall piles up almost 185 inches deep. Our gorgeous ode to snow includes white foam snowballs, crystalline snowflake ornaments and ice-blue ribbons.
To make this wreath: Begin with a hard white foam circle (ours was 21 inches wide). Use a white feather boa to cover the foam, attaching it with U-shaped pieces of wire. Spray hard white foam balls with artificial snow to resemble snowballs. Buy several snowflake ornaments. Cut some in half, tucking the ornaments- edges into the hard foam wreath so some of the snowflakes appear to be coming from various directions. Hang others flat against the wreath. Fasten them with florist's wire. Add an ice-blue satin bow on the bottom, and hang with matching ribbon.
Indiana Wreath
A checkered flag, the vroom-vroom of race-car engines, the cheering of 400,000 spectators. It's the famed Indianapolis 500, the world's largest one-day sporting event, held annually the last Sunday in May. Our wreath--a winner for a kid's bedroom door or wall--starts with a garden tractor tire.
To make this wreath: Scour lawn and garden shops for a small rubber tire similar to our 11-inch garden tractor tire. We wired and hot-glued toy race cars and red ribbons to the tire. (You can use an adhesive such as E-6000, but it may be more difficult to work with.) Wire a checkered cloth bow to the tire.
Wisconsin Wreath
The Dairy State is also the nation's leading producer of cranberries. We wrapped strands of cranberries around a simple evergreen wreath and added a wire "floor" to the hole.
To make this wreath: Start with a grapevine wreath (ours was 18 inches wide). Create a "floor" for the wreath by stringing wire in a crisscross pattern across the bottom, attaching it to the wreath form. Wrap long branches of evergreens around the form, wiring the greenery into place. Using small-gauge wire, string fresh cranberries (make sure they're very firm, not mushy), and loop the string around the evergreen wreath. The length will depend on how closely you want the cranberry strings spaced apart. Thread four wires about 2 feet long with cranberries. (Make the wires longer if you're creating a larger wreath.) Wire each string to the wreath, spaced at equal distances apart. Leave extra wire at each end to join at the top to hang from a hook on a porch or inside. On the wire floor, place a glass bowl with a pillar candle.
Minnesota Wreath
It's hard to put a lake (much less 10,000) on a wreath, so we turned to Minnesota's north woods for inspiration. The state is home to the nation's largest jack pine, red pine and white spruce trees, and has the most recreational watercraft and sales of fishing licenses per capita.
To make this wreath: Attach wooden fish ornaments and fishing bobbers with florist's wire to a premade evergreen wreath (ours was 16 inches wide). If you can find a pair of real or fake antlers, attach them with wire at the bottom of the wreath. Make a plaid flannel bow that's proportionate to the size of your wreath, and attach it with florist's wire.
Missouri Wreath
"Show me," they say in Missouri. This glittery wreath will take care of that!
To make this wreath: Buy a silver-painted wood frame 21 inches square, with a circular mirror. Pound several nails into each outside corner. Using a broomstick, wrap 10-gauge wire to make wire loops that you attach to the corner nails so the wire encircles the frame. Using glass or plastic ornaments with wired stems, make small clusters or "bouquets" that you attach to the wire until it covers the wooden mirror frame, leaving the mirror showing. Add crystals or prisms with florist's wire for sparkle.
Midwest Living Wreath
In addition to the wreaths devoted to each of our Midwest 12 states, we developed our own Midwest Living wreath made with juniper and fresh red roses. Click below for step-by-step instructions.


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Bonito-dashi ramen with egg
Ramen is a delightful soup served piping hot with wheat noodle and lots of vegetables — a perfect dish that you can prepare quickly for a healthy autumn dinner or a light lunch. You can customise it almost indefinitely with ingredients you like: eggs, meat, vegetables and rice cakes. I will show you how to prepare a simple, but very tasty ramen based on bonito fish stock (bonito dashi) and eggs.
Easy: 7 steps, 28 minutes
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The Farr Side's top 10 albums of 2012
Years from now, music historians will look back on 2012 as the year we lost some of the best and most iconic artists in history.
We mourned the passing of Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Etta James, Kitty Wells, Earl Scruggs, Andy Williams, Davy Jones, Doc Watson and Adam Yauch.
2012 will also be marked by the deaths of two men who help to bring music to the masses, breaking down barriers and giving music a whole new avenue to reach fans — Dick Clark and Don Cornelius.
Clark's "American Bandstand" is as iconic to the civil rights movement as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Clark gave black artists the chance to be seen and heard on a national TV program. From 1957 through 1989, "American Bandstand" brought music right into living rooms.
Cornelius hosted "Soul Train," which many compared to Clark's "Bandstand." He, in turn, blessed viewers each week with cool dancers grooving to the best that soul music had to offer.
Clark and Cornelius can be credited for jump-starting many careers. Clark's love for music gave him the ultimate title of being known as "America's oldest Teenager."
2012 was also the year for dominating singles on the Hot 100, as only 12 songs occupied No. 1, and three returned the following week to reclaim the top spot. "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (Kelly Clarkson), "Whistle" (Flo Rida), " and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift each hit No. 1 twice, while Rihanna was the only artist in 2012 to hit No. 1 with two songs, including "We Found Love" and "Diamonds."
Here's a rundown of The Farr Side top 10 albums of 2012.
"Looking 4 Myself"
This album continues the winning recipe Usher has been cooking with since 2004's "Confessions," the album that made him a superstar. Carefully blending updated techno/electronic sounds with old school soul makes this album a success. It's upbeat, sexy and contemporary without compromising his signature vocal talents. Not too many artists could pull off such a feat and be successful in the way that he has here. You can dance, love or get your groove on to this record.
Best tracks: "Numb" and "Scream."
"The Lumineers"
The Lumineers
I love this raw, foot-stomping music from one of the year's best break through artists. Like their contemporaries Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters & Men and The Avett Brothers, this two man-one woman band caught the attention of music lovers with a simple brand of Americana inflected roots folk/rock sound. "Ho Hey" is a crowd-pleasing gem, for sure, while the poignant "Flowers in Your Hair" gives great insight to the eponymous band's sensibilities and talents. The music on this self-titled debut falls somewhere in between the spectrums of folk, blues, Americana and bluegrass to create a niche all their own. Love it!
Best Tracks: "Ho Hey" and "Slow It Down."
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw has to be the most under-appreciated artist of the past decade. "Sweeter" illustrates an artistry that sometimes feels overlooked in comparison with other artists of his nature. I've been a fan from the get-go, so it was no surprise that I liked this album so much. He's a modern day pop/rocker who isn't shy on freewheeling melodies, nor on the blue-eyed soul that his music embraces. He's a talented artist who can write songs, sing them well and play the accompaniment piano like no other, too. It's a shame he was snubbed for a Grammy for Best Rock Solo Performance for both "Not Over You" or the title track.
Best Tracks: "Sweeter," "Not Over You" and "Where You Are."
"Wild One"
Flo Rida
What can I say? Flo Rida is a guilty pleasure of mine. I think if you're going to be a rapper, then why not have a good time doing so. This album speaks of a good time, especially the first single "Good Feeling." You can put it on and have an instant party, much the way LMFAO's "Sorry For The Party Rockin'" CD was last year. Flo Rida is joined by several guest artists including the title track which he shares with European artist Sia. "Sweet Spot" features Jennifer Lopez and RedFoo of LMFAO appears on "Run." While as upbeat and fun on most of the tracks here, Flo Rida gets a little ore personal for the single "I Cry."
Best Tracks: "Wild One," "Good Feeling" and "I Cry."
"The Truth About Love"
This album is her 6th studio album release and the first after having her baby. It follows an impressive "Greatest Hits" collection to become yet another stellar piece of work for music's current Pop/Rock Queen. Her unforgettable artistry remains intact here, especially on "Try." Forgive me - I'm still riveting from her Grammy performance of "Glitter in The Air" three years ago. The album finds Pink becoming even more content with herself, and aren't we glad. The songs showcased on "The Truth" seem even more in-your-face, something we've come to expect from her. And yet, they're perfect. And, by that, I mean infectious. You can't help but get caught up in them.
Best Tracks: "Try," "Blow Me (One Last Kiss) and "Here Comes The Weekend" featuring Eminem.
Mumford & Sons
I was a huge fan of Mumford & Sons debut, "Sigh No More." No sophomore jinx here, "Babel' delivers that raw, rootsy-emotion filled madness that has caused a revolution on the current music scene helping to usher in other new bands such as The Lumineers and Of Monster And Men. The four-man folk/rock band continue the high energy foot-stomping magic of "Little Lion Man" on the album's first single "I Will Wait." This truly is a band that pours its working strengths into their collaborations (songs) to create music that defines them as a "band" and not just a singer who fronts a few musicians. "Babel" is artistry at work from the beginning chords of the title track through the Deluxe release, which includes a stirring rendition of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer."
Best Tracks: "I Will Wait," "Whispers In The Dark" and "Babel."
Taylor Swift
Finally, the album from Taylor Swift I've been waiting for. "Red" finds her shedding her country image even more to embrace the pop star you know she's dreamed of being. This album is full of great songs, mostly penned by Swift herself — including her usual ones involving former celebrity boyfriend romances gone awry. It's difficult to pick out which songs are your favorites here as so many of them on "Red" are great, including the anthem-like "State Of Grace," a song that blew me away the first time I heard it. I'm glad she's evolving and taking more chances. She has grown into the artist people thought she was all along.
Best Tracks: "State Of Grace," "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
Maroon 5
"Overexposed" finds the band Maroon 5 embracing it's pop music side by creating a rich, pop-infused collection of songs for it's fourth studio album. Others may mock the band for the direction it's taking, but truth be told, it's working. Maroon 5 has cleverly etched its way into the meshed fabric that is pop and rock music today. Adam Levine's role as "Coach' on TV's "The Voice" proves that about he and the band, but it's their songs that truly say so. Since 2002, the band has hit the Hot 100 15 times including three tracks from this album so far. The fun, disco-y sound heard throughout "Overexposed" made them standouts among other bands this year.
Best Tracks: "Payphone," "Daylight" and "One More Night."
Kelly Clarkson
"Stronger" is such an amazing album on so many levels, but most of all it's pure Kelly. For her fifth studio release, the original "American Idol" pulled out all the stops to record the album she was destined to record. It's pop music as it's finest, and what better song epitomizes that better in 2012 than Clarkson's No 1 mega-hit "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)." The song helped her to earn four Grammy nominations. Clarkson is at the top of her game on such tracks as "Dark Side," "The War Is Over," and her duet pairing with country star Jason Aldean for "Don't You Wanna Stay." I'm believing that we've only just begun to witness her true potential and if this album is any indication, then we're in for a long career of great music to come from her.
Best Tracks: "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," "Mr. Know It All" and "Honestly."
"Some Nights"
Who doesn't love this album? I bought this album on a road trip this summer and much to my surprise — I loved it. Fun comprises the musicianship of Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff, all members of other bands who joined fores to have, well, Fun. The end result is a follow up to 2009's "Aim & Ignite." "Some Nights" features several anthem-like tracks including the the smash title track and this year's best song in my opinion, "We Are Young" featuring Janelle Monae. This song was everywhere, including Chevy commercials as well as covered by the Glee cast, but more importantly it was at No. 1 for 6 six weeks. Ruess's vocals are amazing. He's a strong tenor who sings without vibrato, making the high notes of "We Are Young" seem effortless — I can only compare them to that of Freddie Mercury. You can't truly label them as their sound embraces so many of their influences. The entire album is good from beginning to end, from high energy to subtle balladry, it stays consistent and Fun. The songs seem to build from one to the next, creating a well-crafted masterpiece sure to be the envy of their peers for years to come.
Best Tracks: We Are Young," " Some Nights," " Carry On" and "All Alright."


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Lance Armstrong cuts ties with Livestrong
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lance Armstrong has cut formal ties with his cancer-fighting charity to avoid further damage brought by doping charges and being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
Armstrong resigned from the board of directors for Livestrong on Nov. 4. He had previously resigned as chairman from the charity he founded Oct. 17 but had kept a seat on the board.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency ordered Armstrong banned from the sport for life and stripped of his titles. The International Cycling Union, which had originally supported Armstrong's fight, later agreed to wipe out Armstrong's record seven victories.
Livestrong spokeswoman Katherine McLane said Monday that Armstrong "remains the inspiration" and is still its largest donor with nearly $7 million over the years.
In a statement, new board chairman Jeff Garvey said Armstrong stepped resigned from the board to spare the organization any negative effects resulting from the controversy surrounding his cycling career.
"Lance Armstrong was instrumental in changing the way the world views people affected by cancer. His devotion to serving survivors is unparalleled and for 15 years, he committed himself to that cause with all his heart," Garvey said.
Armstrong has not comment publicly on the USADA report and recently returned to Austin from Hawaii. Over the weekend, he posted a photograph on Twitter of him lying on a couch at his home with seven yellow Tour de France jerseys mounted on the wall.
Armstrong also has lost his personal sponsors, including Nike and brewing giant Anheuser-Busch, who dropped their contracts with him or said they would not renew when current deals expire.
USADA's report accused Armstrong of helping run "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen" within his U.S. Postal Service and Discovery Channel teams.
The USADA report said Armstrong and his teams used steroids, the blood booster EPO and blood transfusions. The report included statements from 11 former teammates who testified against Armstrong.
Armstrong denies doping, pointing to hundreds of passed drug tests. But he chose not to fight USADA in one of the agency's arbitration hearings, saying the process was biased against him. Former Armstrong team director Johan Bruyneel is also facing doping charges, but he is challenging the USADA case in arbitration.


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Rope Cuts, Climber Dies in Eldorado
On the morning of June 22, 2010, Joseph Miller began leading the second pitch of the Yellow Spur (5.10a), one of the most popular routes on the Redgarden Wall in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder, Colorado. Miller's belayer was anchored to a tree and paid out slack as Miller traversed to the base of a short dihedral, placing a nut and a .4 Camalot along the way.
Celin Serbo" src="https://d1vs4ggwgd7mlq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Article-Images/195/yellow-spur.jpg" />On the morning of June 22, 2010, Joseph Miller began leading the second pitch of the Yellow Spur (5.10a), one of the most popular routes on the Redgarden Wall in Eldorado Canyon near Boulder, Colorado. Miller's belayer was anchored to a tree and paid out slack as Miller traversed to the base of a short dihedral, placing a nut and a .4 Camalot along the way. According to his belayer, Miller had some trouble with the tricky 5.8 moves leading into the dihedral and paused to wiggle in a marginal .5 Camalot. Shortly after placing the cam, Miller slipped. The .5 pulled and he plummeted past a small ledge. The rope pulled tight and the belayer witnessed Miller decelerate, as if the fall were being arrested. Under normal circumstances, the belayer should have been pulled sharply to the left but he later said in an interview conducted by the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group that he felt little force. The rope stretched and severed abruptly. Miller fell 80 feet to the ground and died.
As climbers we take it for granted that ropes don't break. That's why this accident attracted the attention of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMRG), a volunteer, primary responder to all mountain-rescue emergencies in Boulder County. The RMRG performed a number of drop tests on the second pitch of the Yellow Spur using the same gear. After completing these tests and interviewing witnesses, the RMRG concluded that the rope-end carabiner of a two-foot runner on the .4 Camalot had pinched the rope against the rock. The RMRG then recreated the accident using a drop tower and a piece of flagstone that simulated the sharp edge over which Miller's rope ran on the Yellow Spur. The RMRG measured fall forces generated on the belayer and climber sides of the protection and created falls that severed ropes. The damage at the rope ends, however, didn't match the damage characteristics of Miller's rope, which was abraded for roughly two inches with core strands pulled out. The damage characteristics suggested that the rope had sawed for a short distance across the edge. When the RMRG added the slight pendulum that would have occurred given Miller's position relative to the protection, the rope severed under 800 pounds of force with 100 pounds of force exerted on the belayer, and the rope abraded for two inches before it cut. In short, it appears that when Miller fell his rope was pinched, tensioned and sawed along the sharp edge.
The old tenet, "Ropes don't break, they cut" holds true here. Climbers must take every precaution to ensure that their ropes don't run across sharp edges. Use slings to extend your rope so that it runs without rubbing. Slings will reduce drag and help protect your lifeline in the event of a fall. Sometimes, however, rock features like ledges, aretes and roofs are impossible to negotiate without having the rope contact an edge. In these instances, it is important to place good gear that will minimize pendulums and therefore protect against sawing the rope along the edge. While ropes are super burly and constructed with sheaths that protect the core fibers, tensioned ropes are actually very easy to chop. On routes or in areas where ropes inevitably contact sharp edges, it is a good idea to climb with double ropes. Finally, if you feel that your rope is in danger of being cut if you fall, don't press on without remedying the situation. Retreat might be the best option.


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Tracing and debugging
- Freja, Hat and Hood - A Comparative Evaluation of Three Systems for Tracing and Debugging Lazy Functional Programs
- Olaf Chitil, Colin Runciman, and Malcolm Wallace. Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Implementation of Functional Languages, Aachen, Germany, September 4th - 7th 2000, LNCS 2011, 2001, pp. 176--193
- Multiple-View Tracing for Haskell - a New Hat
- Malcolm Wallace, Olaf Chitil, Thorsten Brehm, and Colin Runciman. (draft)
- Lazy algorithmic debugging: ideas for practical implementation.
- Henrik Nilsson and Peter Fritzson. In Peter Fritzson, editor, Automated and Algorithmic Debugging, volume 749 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 117 - 134, Linkping, Sweden, May 1993.
- Henrik Nilsson and Peter Fritzson.
- Algorithmic debugging for lazy functional languages. Journal of Functional Programming, 4(3):337 - 370, July 1994.
- A declarative approach to debugging for lazy functional languages.
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- How to look busy while being as lazy as ever: the implementation of a lazy functional debugger
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SYR and I went in at 4:00pm, we saw and met many friends, magazine editors, fellow foodies and bloggers. We delighted in some products we'd already raved about on these pages, we discovered the new and revisited some great restaurants. As we spoke to favorite chefs, we were happy to hear their craft was more than just a job, their passion for food, their creative juices continue unabated. Chef David Kolotkin of Solo and Prime Grill, Chef Jeff Nathan of Abigael's and his wife Alison, Chef Mark Green of Glatt A La Carte, Jose Mireilles of Le Marais were among old friends showing off their creations.
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- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon leaves
- Combine the sauerkraut and caraway seeds and reserve.
- Combine the mustard and tarragon leaves and reserve.
- Heat a saute pan over medium heat with 2 tablespoons oil. Add sausage and cook until golden brown, about 3 – 5 minutes.
- To serve, slice the buns in half. Spead a small amount of mustard on the bottom half of each bun. Top with sausage and sauerkraut and place other half of bun on top. Secure with a toothpick if necessary.
Some other friends with a great product are Valerie and Robert Groper from My Brother Bobby's Salsa. SYR finally got to taste their salsas, she fully agrees with me they are superb. Can't wait until they are available in Brooklyn!
Shalom Bombay was there as well, I had a selection of their Chicken Pakoras, Chicken Biryany and the Chicken Tikka Masala liberally sprinkled with the Mint and Tamarind Chutney and loved the whole combo. Noi Due still makes the best Espresso I've ever tasted in the US.
A new discovery was got cholent? Inc. I had their Moroccan Dafina and the Polish Cholent (just like my mamma used to make!!!). They have 16 different types of cholent, wish I could taste them all… The same people folks also own Gemstone Catering and we were very impressed with their Eve's Apple and Hickory Wood Smoked BBQ Pulled Brisket Sliders. Tammy Polatsek from Aristocratic Design Co. told us these guys make superbly delicious food, well… they do!
There were so many restaurants to choose from, so much looked, smelled and tasted great I could write a very long post extolling the virtues of each, suffice it to say that the choice of eateries and caterers represented was tops. We also talked to cookbook authors Chef Lévana Kirschenbaum, Chef Jeff Nathan, Chef Susie Fishbein, Chef Jamie Geller. All in all a delightful evening, amidst delightful people.


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Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill in front of a cheering crowd of immigrants and their supporters, predicting other parts of the country will follow the example set by the nation's most populous state.
The licenses, which are expected to become available no later than January 2015, will carry a special designation on the front and a notice stating that the document is not official federal identification and cannot be used to prove eligibility for employment or public benefits.
"This is only the first step," Brown said outside City Hall in Los Angeles. "When a million people without their documents drive legally and with respect in the state of California, the rest of this country will have to stand up and take notice. No longer are undocumented people in the shadows."
Ten other states have enacted measures to give driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, many of them in the past year, according to the National Immigration Law Center.
Some of those states issue only one kind of license. But laws in many states, including Oregon and Colorado, create distinctions between the license given to immigrants and the one issued to other drivers.
Some immigrant advocates initially raised concerns that a different license in California would contribute to racial profiling. The new law bans discrimination based on the license and states that the license cannot be used as a basis for arresting someone for being in the U.S. illegally.
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said he believes the marker is insignificant in relation to what the license will do for immigrants.
"Those distinctions mean little to hard-working people who simply want to drive to work or drive their kids to school or soccer practice without fear," he said.
State officials estimate 1.4 million drivers will apply for licenses under the law during the first three years. The measure, written by Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo, will grant licenses to anyone who passes the written and road tests, regardless of immigration status.
State and local officials touted the importance of getting immigrants properly trained and tested so that they know how to drive and are familiar with the rules of the road in California.
"That's what this bill is about, making the streets of this state safer," Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said. The bill had the backing of the state's Police Chiefs Association and insurance authorities.
It isn't clear whether entities such as local government offices, libraries or banks will accept the license as identification.
Over the past two decades, immigrant advocates have pushed to get licenses in California. The effort took on more urgency in recent years as immigrants caught driving without a license began seeing their cars impounded and wound up being screened by federal immigration authorities for deportation.
Former state lawmaker and current Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo said he introduced the license bill 11 times over 15 years, but the measure failed to get enough votes or was vetoed or repealed.
Cedillo said the license will bear a marker to comply with a federal identification law enacted after the 2001 terrorist attacks but that won't impede immigrants desperate to drive legally from applying for it.
In the Legislature, opponents of the bill said granting a license with special markings would put employers and landlords in a conflict between complying with state and federal laws.
The bill is one of several immigrant-friendly measures passed by the Legislature this year, including overtime pay for domestic workers and an effort to scale back collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials.
Brown has enjoyed strong support among Latino voters, whose numbers are growing in California. On the steps of City Hall, scores of immigrant rights activists chanted "champion" in Spanish at the mention of his name.
He urged lawmakers to move forward on more sweeping immigration reform on Capitol Hill, where an overhaul has stalled.
Ismael Salvador, a 63-year-old factory worker from El Salvador, turned out to see the bill-signing. He said the change will radically alter the lives of his two daughters, who are in the country illegally.
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Young and old, male and female, a lucky few from every corner of the U.S. were invited to Nationals Park on Saturday for the sixth annual racing president auditions.
Nearly 300 people submitted applications for the coveted part-time summer positions. From that pool, only 57 received invitations to try out in person on Presidents Day weekend.
Incumbent presidents have no electoral advantage. Even veterans have to re-audition each year.
The extensive screening included panel interviews plus a range of skills tests which are done in-costume. "We are looking for people who are ready to have a good time," said Nationals Entertainment Manager Tom Davis, but the day is also designed to weed out those who lack the speed, strength, and stamina to do it in a 45-pound costume.
"It's like having a big hiking book bag on your back with a few cases of beer sitting on your shoulders," said one contestant from Bethesda.
Applicants took turns donning the giant costumes, then completing a 40-yard dash followed by two back-to-back presidents races. Candidates were then immediately asked to show off their dance moves and strike a victory pose.
Participants got to choose which costume they wanted to wear, with a notable exception. Teddy Roosevelt has never attended the annual auditions.
"Teddy takes a vacation every year right around presidents day weekend," said Davis. "I got a postcard from Teddy in Barbados."
In keeping with tradition, the racing presidents packed up and hit the road to New York, where they will appear Monday during the annual New York Islanders Presidents Day hockey game at Nassau Coliseum.
The presidents will then go into hiatus as the newest batch of presidents prepare for opening day.
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LAS VEGAS — A man killed in a shooting and fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip early Thursday morning was a rapper who previously lived in Oakland, a family member said.
Ken Cherry, 27, who rapped under the name Kenny Clutch, was shot by someone in a black Range Rover about 4:20 a.m. as he drove on Las Vegas Boulevard. After he was shot, Cherry rapidly accelerated his gray Maserati down Las Vegas Boulevard and through a red light before striking a cab at the intersection of Flamingo Road.
The cab burst into flames, and the cabdriver and a passenger were both killed. Six others were injured, police said.
The crumpled gray Maserati, which had no license plate, came to rest several feet away from the incinerated taxi. Cherry was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police did not release the names of those who died or were injured, citing the ongoing investigation.
Police said bullets came from the black Range Rover as it raced with the Maserati toward a red light on the Vegas Strip.
Three more cars and a utility truck collided at the crossroads, which is home to Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally's, leaving people injured as the Range Rover sped off, police said.
"We have numerous witnesses," Las Vegas police Sgt. John Sheahan said. "But what is the genesis of this? We don't know yet."
Cherry's 75-year-old aunt, Pat Sims of Oakland, said she didn't know anything about the incident, but she said her nephew was a kind soul.
"I can tell you this … the world has lost a good man," Sims said. "I'm not saying he didn't have his faults, but he was very kind, especially to older people. Whatever happened in Vegas, I don't know about, but he was a very kind soul."
Law enforcement sources said Cherry had prior arrests in Oakland and Berkeley. He was convicted on a gun charge in 2007 stemming from an arrest in Berkeley, sources said, although details on that conviction weren't immediately available.
Several members of the Oakland rapping community have traveled to Las Vegas recently, sources said, for the filming of a rap video by another local rapper.
The dramatic predawn scene in Vegas that more than one tourist compared to something out of a violent action movie set off a frantic search for the occupants of the Range Rover. Sheahan said the Range Rover was last seen near the Venetian resort as it headed north from the shooting scene on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Sheahan said police have video from traffic cameras at the intersection and were checking hotel surveillance systems. The video will not be made public, he said.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Thursday's attack was sparked by an argument in the valet area of the nearby Aria hotel-casino and that the violence at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road did not reflect the values of Las Vegas residents or visitors.
"What happened will not be tolerated," Gillespie said.
Witnesses also told police the SUV and Maserati had come from the nearby CityCenter area, the home of Aria, just south of the site of the attack.
On the Strip, the fiery rampage shocked tourists.
"This doesn't happen where we come from, not on this scale," said Mark Thompson, who was visiting from Manchester, England, with his wife. "We get stabbings, and gang violence, but this is like something out of a movie. Like 'Die Hard' or something."
Authorities in three neighboring states are on the lookout for the Range Rover Sport with dark tinted windows, black custom rims and paper car dealer ads in place of license plates.
In Southern California, the California Highway Patrol alerted officers in at least three counties to be on the lookout for the vehicle.
Vegas jogger Eric Lackey was on his way back to his hotel when he snapped a cellphone photo of the blazing scene moments after the crash. Black smoke billowed from the flaming taxi amid popping sounds from the fire.
The area near the scene has been the site of high-profile violence in the past.
Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by in 1996 about a block away under similar circumstances, as assailants opened fire on his luxury sedan from a vehicle on Flamingo Road. The killing has never been solved.
Staff writer Katie Nelson and Associated Press writers Ken Ritter, Michelle Rindels and Hannah Dreier contributed to this report.


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There are myriad types of soups, while I never intended an exhaustive listing when we started this series, while I realize there are far more types than I'm ever likely to try, this series only deals with some of my favorites from among those I've tasted. In this, the final installment of the series we will again feature two soups.
We chose all these recipes both because of their taste and the ease of preparation.
Last evening, at a cooking demo by Chef Lévana Kirschenbaum, I tasted her incredibly flavorful and very simple to prepare…
Aduki Bean Burdock Soup
- 12 cups water
- 2 teaspoons turmeric
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 6 bay leaves, or 1 teaspoon ground bay leaf
- 2 cups aduki beans
- Salt to taste
- 4 large cloves garlic
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut in large chunks
- 1 large carrot, peeled and cut in large chunks
- 1 celery root, peeled and cut in large chunks
- 1 large parsnip, peeled and cut in large chunks
- 1 large zucchini, cut in large chunks
- 1 large red onion, quartered
- 1 large piece burdock, peeled and cut in large chunks
- Bring all ingredients to boil in a wide heavy pot.
- Reduce to medium and cook covered for 1 hour.
- Cream the soup with an immersion blender.
- Adjust texture and seasonings.
If you do not have, if you cannot find burdock, you can substitute almost anything else. In spite of her recipe calling for burdock, Lévana – just to demonstrate the versatility of her recipe – used kale stalk instead
If you are like me you probably never heard of burdock before…What is burdock? For its culinary and medicinal properties look it up in the Wikipedia. Meanwhile, as the article says:
the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy wrote in his journal, in 1896, about a tiny shoot of burdock he saw in a ploughed field, "black from dust but still alive and red in the center … It makes me want to write. It asserts life to the end, and alone in the midst of the whole field, somehow or other had asserted it."
For another of Chef Lévana's superb soup recipes check out Quick Black Bean Chocolate Soup
To end this series I chose to adapt an Emeril Lagasse variation of the classic French Onion Soup on the Food Network :
Gratinee Lyonnaise (Lyon-style Onion Soup)
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- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 pounds yellow onions, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup cognac
- 8 cupspareve soup stock
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme, tied into a bundle with kitchen string
- 1/2 loaf French bread, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
- 1 pound Gruyere cheese, coarsely grated
- 2 egg yolks (optional)
- 1/2 cup Port wine (optional)
- Finely chopped parsley, garnish
In a Dutch oven or other large, heavy pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onions, salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and carefully add the cognac. Return the pan to the heat and cook until the alcohol has evaporated. Be careful as the cognac may ignite.
Add the soup stock and thyme sprigs and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the soup for 45 minutes.
While the soup is simmering, toast the bread slices until light golden brown. Remove from the oven.
Preheat the broiler.
When the soup is ready, divide 1/2 of the toasted bread slices between 6 individual ovenproof serving bowls or crocks and top with 1/2 of the grated cheese. Ladle some of the soup among the bowls and top with the remaining toasts. Ladle the remaining soup among the bowls and top with the remaining cheese. Place the bowls on a baking sheet and place under the broiler until the cheese is melted, golden brown and bubbly, about 5 minutes. Remove from the oven.
Optional topping:
In a small bowl combine the egg yolks and Port and whisk to thoroughly combine. Pour some of the mixture evenly among the soup bowls, stirring in around the edges so that it is incorporated into the soup. (The heat of the soup will cook the egg yolk and this will thicken and enrich the soup.)
Garnish the top with chopped parsley and serve hot.
Enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy!
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(Pictured: President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon.)
Shortly after this year got underway, two military leaders from Gabon visited air bases in Germany for a three day sojourn with some of their U.S. counterparts. The consultations were said to have focused on air base defense. Little was said publicly about the gathering or what prompted it. "The sorts of threats that exist in Gabon also exist here," Colonel Jean Paulin Asseko Makoka , commander of Libreville Air Force Base, told the Armed Forces New Service (AFSN). "We have spent time discussing various threats, and we now have a better understanding of how the U.S. Air Force confronts these threats and the measures they take to mitigate them."
Military forces in Gabon count less than 5,000. About 1,000 are in the country's air force and they have at their disposal 5 attack helicopters and 13 ground attack planes. Gabon is also said to have a 1,800-member guard that provides security for country's president.
According to AFNS, U.S. Master Sgt. Mike Keeler termed the visit the latest in a series of capacity-building engagements between the two countries, adding, "We are always eager to engage with our African partners and we are especially proud when we can bring them here and show them the kind of quality people we have standing watch over our forces and resources."
The trip serves to highlight the increasing efforts by the U.S. to forge close links with African military leadership. What happened shortly after it ended speaks volumes about the risks to such relationships and the challenges facing the Obama Administration as it seeks to increase its presence on the continent.
Just as the Egyptian military delegation in Washington at the end of January cut short its stay and returned to a country in open rebellion, the Gabonese Air Force commanders returned home to a land seething in anger that exploded in a bloody fashion a few weeks later. Protesters soon took to the streets with a litany of complaints much like those heard across North Africa and elsewhere in recent weeks. In a demonstration in Meyo-Kyé, a small city in northern Gabon, a banner read: "In Tunisia, Ben Ali left. In Gabon, Ali Ben [president Bongo] out."
"Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of the nation's capital, Libreville, on January 29th, and faced violent suppression from Ali Bongo's troops," Ethan Zuckerman wrote on his blog February 9. "Protests have spread to other cities, and the crackdown against them has become increasingly fierce. Protests planned for February 5th and 8th were both suppressed with tear gas. At this point, it's unclear whether protesters will be able to continue pressuring the government, or whether the crackdown has driven dissent underground."
Since the uprising began in Tunisia the outpouring of rage has almost always been described as something happening in "the Arab world." However, in the weeks that followed rebellious manifestations showed up in other parts of Africa as well as in non-Arab Iran and Central Asia. Actually, one might say the most common link in the events has been the oil related wealth of the nations involved.
Oil accounts for nearly half of Gabon's government budget, 43 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), and 81 percent of its exports. Some experts say Gabon will run out of oil in a couple of decades. Central Africa has acquired significant strategic importance because of its richness in petroleum and other natural resources.
The insurgents who took to the streets in Gabon were protesting a 2009 election they said was stolen by Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba. Interestingly enough, the election was prompted by the death of Al Bongo's father Omar Bongo, who had run the country for nearly 50 years. A major complaint that had drawn masses into the streets of Egypt was the intent of President Hosni Mubarak to be succeeded by the younger of his two sons, Gamal Sayed Mubarak. A large banner carried aloof by the Gabon demonstrators read: "Le Gabon n'est pas une monarchie."
In one of the few major media reports on the situation in Gabon, Christian Science Monitor correspondent, Drew Hinshaw, wrote February 12, "The protests that are reshaping the Arab world weren't supposed to spread south to sub-Saharan Africa. But for weeks, while scenes of Egyptians overtaking their capital have mesmerized global TV audiences — and brought the world's most recognized names in TV news to Cairo — Gabonese protesters have been facing death and imprisonment in a series of anti-repression demonstrations consciously modeled off the Tunisian example.
"The former French colony has been run for 34 years, with open support from France, by the Bongo family — first by Omar Bongo, and then by his son, Ali. In the family's first act, Bongo Sr. ran up a rap sheet with Amnesty International that includes political murders and tortures of opposition leaders. The family managed to survive the winds of democratization that swept Africa in the early 1990s, before Bongo Sr. died in 2009, passing power to his son, Ali."
"In the meantime, the family has channeled at least $100 million of state money into US banks alone, according to an investigation by the US senate," Hinshaw wrote. "To make a point, Bongo Jr.'s wife was at one point renting a $25,000 a month house from the rapper then known as Puff Daddy.
"Critics say the Bongos got away with these sort of antics, which have cost so many autocrats their Western backing because of one thing only: Oil. The country used to pump 370,000 barrels a day of the stuff, but finds its reserves running drier by the week. No matter. The damage has already been done. Petrol has made this corner of the continent an African banana republic — except that commercial farmers no longer bother to grow bananas in what would be great soil for the crop, thanks the limits of an oil-inflated currency…"
Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba is said to have spent $136 million on a 48,000 square foot, 14-bedroom mansion with seven parking spaces, a tennis court and a heated swimming pool on an acre of land in the heart of Paris.
Although it is one of Africa's more prosperous countries the richest 20 percent of the population receive over 90 percent of the income while about a third of all Gabonese live in poverty. Average income is $2 a day. The jobless rate stands at 21 percent.
Sometime around New Year's Day while the Obama family was on holiday in Hawaii, the Associated Press was informed that the President is — in AP's words, "quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa, using this year to increase his engagement with a continent that is personally meaningful to him and important to U.S. interests."And that Obama intended to focus in Africa "on good governance and supporting nations with strong democratic institutions."
The report suggested the President will travel to Africa this year and deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said stops will reflect positive democratic models. "The official said the administration must persuade African nations that their interests are better served by aligning with the U.S." said AP.
That was before Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Algeria. Now it appears the Administration has an additional challenge on the continent: getting its own act together in the face of the ongoing storm.
"Over the last decade we have invested heavily in toppling an oil rich Iraqi regime and committed the lives of our troops to nation building in Afghanistan, but there has been no real initiative to transform the human rights platform and economic empowerment of African people from the Sinai Peninsula to the Sub-Saharan desert," MSNBC political commentator Edward Wyckoff Williams noted recently on the website Grio. "Why? It seems the crisis unfolding in Egypt and Tunisia will provide a teachable moment for Americans to become more politically aware of the true state of democracy (or lack thereof) in these African nations. American diplomacy can no longer hide behind pretense."
"And herein lies the even greater conundrum: if Egypt is in crisis, then what does that say for the rest of Africa?" Williams wrote. "Will the events unfolding across this ancient land lead the Obama administration to implement real changes on how America approaches foreign policy in Africa? So much rhetoric and lip-service has been paid to the atrocities in Mugabe's Zimbabwe and the political and social unrest demonstrated in Rwanda and the Congo, but instead of real intervention, America has maintained a status quo of inaction."
On December 3, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. viewed that Bahrain was "a model partner for not only the United States, but for so many countries that are looking to see the way that Bahrain decides about its future" and that she was "impressed by the commitment that the government has to the democratic path that Bahrain is walking on." On January 25, while riot police were attacking protesters in Cairo, Clinton said the Mubarak government appeared to be stable and looking for ways to respond to the needs of Egyptians.
A year ago, Ali Bongo met privately in New York with Clinton who called him a "valued partner." After the meeting she, said "I want to recognize President Bongo's efforts to improve government efficiency, eliminate waste and fight corruption."
According to Global Voices, two press releases issued by the Gabonese opposition accused the U.S. ambassador in Gabon Eric D. Benjaminson of keeping a guilty silence on violations by Ali Bongo and his regime against civil liberties.
Carl Bloice, a member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, is a columnist for the Black Commentator. He also serves on its editorial board.


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There is a lot you can do with WordPress regarding searching your blog. You can use the built-in search capabilities, replace it with a search from Google or Yahoo (or whoever), or use an awesome WordPress Plugin called Search Everything to really get full advantage of searching your blog.
Let me explain what and how the built-in search function works with WordPress, for those left confused and frustrated as I was.
How WordPress Search Works
When you search in your WordPress blog, your search results are listed chronologically. Not by "most likely", "most popular", "most frequent use of the phrase", or even alphabetically, just by date. And the chronological order runs from most recent to oldest. If the most likely post to provide the information the user is searching for is older, they will have to scroll towards the end of the list to find the most likely candidate for information. What are the odds they will, huh? This frustrates me no end.
Another frustration with WordPress searching is that it only searches posts. It does not search comments nor Pages. Only post content.
Another thing happens internally that the user never sees, but you, the administrator and/or Theme designer, need to know about. By default, there is a hierarchy to the order of which template is used for which request. A Theme may, or may not, have these optional template files to generate specific web pages, page elements, and looks. In the case of search, when the user clicks the SEARCH button, WordPress looks for a
search.php template file. If it doesn't find it, it will generate the search on the
index.php template file.
You can see examples of my main website's custom
index.php page and custom
search.php page to get a feel for how these can be customized. The index page features huge excerpts and graphics, while the search results excerpts are shorter, but look similar in design.
A Theme doesn't have to have a custom search template page, but if they do, it allows customization of how the search results look and feel. Nothing has to be changed within the rest of the templates in order for a custom search template to be added. If you want to add a custom search template, simply copy the
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index.php template file and rename it
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For more information on customizing or creating your own search page, see Creating a Search Page in the WordPress Codex, the online manual for WordPress users, designers, and developers.
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To replace the built-in WordPress search functions with a search engine search function, simply sign up and get the XHTML codes for the search engines search function and edit the
searchform.php to remove the built-in PHP search functions and replace them with your new code. The WordPress code looks approximately like this:
<form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/"> <div class="searchinput"><input type="text" class="inputbox" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars($s, 1); ?>" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" class="button" value="Search" /> </div> </form>
Be sure and test the search engine search functions thoroughly, and style the search engine search to match the look of your WordPress Theme, if necessary. Some search engine functions will allow you to specify a search results page, so if you can, why not make the search results look like your WordPress Theme by generating them on a
search.php template file to match the overall look.
The Search Everything WordPress Plugin – Easy Search Expansion
To get around the limits of the WordPress search functions, without replacing it with a search engine search form, the Search Everything WordPress Plugin expands the search results to include comments and Pages, though currently it also returns only chronological results, from most recent to oldest posts.
To install Search Everything, upload the plugin to your
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Alleged Seiad Valley shooter pleads not guilty
YREKA – A Seiad Valley man accused of shooting his landlord in the stomach on March 3 pleaded not guilty to attempted murder during his arraignment Wednesday in the Siskiyou County Superior Court.
Timothy Patrick Horgan, 51, was arrested on Sunday after authorities responded to the home of the alleged victim, who reported that he had been shot by Horgan during an altercation.
According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, Horgan's landlord went to his home to request that he and the other tennants vacate the property. Horgan allegedly shot him in the lower right abdomen.
At the arraignment, Horgan's public defender Eric Niemeyer asked Superior Court Judge Karen Dixon to release Horgan on his own recognizance.
"The defendant, in a fit of anger, pulled out a firearm and shot the victim in the abdomen at very close range," deputy district attorney Martha Aker alleged. "He is a danger to the public."
Dixon responded, "The court is very concerned that Mr. Horgan poses a threat to the public." She added that the alleged victim was unarmed at the time of the incident.
She set Horgan's bail at $100,000 and scheduled him to reappear in court on March 14 for his preliminary hearing.


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Today's News: Our Take - Game of Thrones By the Book: A Weekly Spoiler-Filled Chat Series
Hello, friends and bannermen. Game of Thrones is winging its way to our TVs faster than a raven, and just like our dark-feathered friends, it brings ominous tidings. But before Season 3 kicks off on Sunday (9/8c, HBO), let's get the Thrones conversation going.
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This weekly chat series is for fans of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books, upon which HBO's fantasy drama is based. It's meant to be a safe haven to discuss spoilers and changes from the novels and how they have played out or will play out in the TV series. Hanh Nguyen and Sadie Gennis are longtime fantasy fans of varying levels of geekiness who will sound off on all things Westerosi (and beyond!).
[Warning: If you're a Game of Thrones fan who has stumbled upon this chat and haven't read the books yet, begone! There will be a show-only recap/postmortem posted every Sunday evening after the episode for spoiler-free discussion.]
And now, to address the mammoth in the room:
Hanh: Going into Season 3 of Game of Thrones, the obvious event on every book fan's mind has to be what is called The RW. I'm so scared of spoiling anything that I don't want to spell it out, but I assume everyone reading this chat knows what horrible event we're talking about.
Sadie: When I read the book, I couldn't look at it again for days after I read that scene; I was so upset. I'm terrified of it this season, to be honest.
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Hanh: There's definitely that sense of dread about that scene, but it's also a heavy responsibility to know what's going to happen on the show and not slip up about what's coming to friends. It's very stressful, in fact. Have you spoiled anyone on anything yet? I did! It was tiny (Theon feeling up his sister), but I felt like crap about it.
Sadie: I haven't! I always make sure to ask everyone I know who watches if they know first. But speaking of The RW, they say Season 3 is going to make Ned Stark's death look like a party!
Hanh: [Cues up"Dead Man's Party"] Did you know that The RW was going to happen? I already knew because someone spoiled me on it, so I had this foreboding feeling before reading it.
Sadie: I remember I texted a friend freaking out about Tyrion's wedding and they just said, "Just you wait until the next wedding."It was the most cryptic text.
Hanh: Ha! Perfect tease. Yeah, there isn't a good record for weddings in this book.
Sadie: It's like school dances on The Vampire Diaires. Something always goes wrong
Hanh: Since Book 3 is being split across two seasons, that raises the question of just when The RW is happening. I assume it will be this season.
Sadie: It would be a crazy cliff-hanger of a finale, but I feel like they'll want to take us off guard and do it earlier,especially because I'm anticipating the fallout from it just as much as the actual RW.Does that make me a little horrible that I'm excited to see the RW? I feel like a serial killer.
Hanh: Yes, you're horrible and so am I! I think all of us are anticipating it (will so-and-so die exactly as described?). If the leaked episode names are to be believed, then RW should probably happen in the penultimate episode, called "The Rains of Castamere." Do you remember the significance of that song?
Sadie: It was based on Tywin, wasn't it?
Hanh: Yes! The National did a great cover of it here. But "The Rains of Castamere" is about Tywin eradicating Castamere, which was ruled by House Reyne (yay puns!), so it's a very warlike and ominous song. I want to play it at parties now.
Sadie: This is amazing! Now where's there cover of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair"?
Hanh: Well, I've heard/seen some online, but I don't think those are the official (HBO series-approved) ones. I think they did hire someone to record it this season. Hold on while I look...
Sadie: I always get nervous to hear songs from books, because I always make up tunes to them myself.Thankfully, I'm rarely disappointed. It's probably because I have no sense of rhythm and therefore my interpretations are terrible. Singing about genocide really makes me want to dance. (That's my Lannister wit right there.)
Hanh: You're not blonde enough to be one. Besides you'll always have to pay your debts. No deadbeat Lannisters! OK got it. There will be a cover of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" by an indie band called Hold Steady, sez EW. Surprisingly, I can't find a leaked version online yet. I hope it's properly, drunkenly raucous. I can just imagine all the kiddies screaming, "A BEAR! A BEAR!"
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Sadie: Is hipster Daenerys going to be in the music video?
Hanh: In her unicorn onesie, twerking. Or what does GRRM call his horsey animal? A zorse! Best name ever.
Sadie: A zorse is a zebra and a horse, aka my dream animal - besides a jackalope (which would totally be my sigil). What would yours be?
Hanh: Hmm, dream animal is tough. For some reason, people associate me with chickens - but that's so not elegant or cool enough. I don't want that on my sigil. I am drawn to most big cats and also octopi/kraken types. (Ah, Theon!) So maybe an amphibious cat? Aqua Cat!
Sadie: That sounds ... terrifying. Way to give me nightmares! Speaking of Krakens, I really hope they show the Iron Islands a little this season, mainly because I want that Kraken mantel. If I could have that mantel and Renly's crown, Ilyn Payne could do his thing and I'd die happy.
Hanh: I love Krakens! I got that as my fake tattoo at the Game of Thrones premiere party, and so many people were giving me sh-- about it. They were like, "Do you even watch the show?" And I'm like, "Yes, bitch, and I love Theon! He's awesome."
Sadie: He is awesome! I don't know why people be hating? So he betrayed Robb and hit on his sister? He's the best.
Hanh: I thought was interesting is that our editors asked me if it was possible that the people in the RW wouldn't be killed since the show doesn't always follow the book. I was like, "WTH? NO!" The big deaths are definitely going to happen.
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Sadie: I think there would be a full on riot. I saw the Emmys panel this week and George R.R. Martin was discussing how the producers were killing off people or had killed off people that are still alive in the sixth book.
Hanh: Right. Like Rakharo, one of Dany's bloodriders, was supposed to stay alive longer in the books, but died in Season 2. So did her Dothraki handmaiden Irri. So, here's my question to you: Knowing what is going to happen, do you still enjoy watching the show?
Sadie: Hmm... it's tough. I feel more emotionally prepared. Like, if I hadn't read the books, then watching The RW would probably destroy me...When Will Arnett and Amy Poehler got divorced I cried and ate half a jar of Nutella with my bare hands. This would be ten times worse.
Hanh: Heaping more coals onto the fire .... Fans have had such an overwhelming anger towards Martin.
Sadie: Over what?
Hanh: They've been waiting for the books so long that when Game of Thrones the show started, they felt he was just taking more time away from writing and completing the book series.I mean, we've all read the forums. They're really vicious! They're afraid he'll die before he finishes the final two novels.
Sadie: Well, in a way the show might actually speed things up because now there's a deadline.
Hanh: I agree! I think the show keeps the fandom in the forefront of his mind and so he's driven to write constantly.
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Sadie: I'm more worried about the show catching up!
Hanh: Yup! The kids are already growing up. Bran's face looks so different!
Sadie: They're going to have to recast him soon. This isn't like Taylor Lautner in Twilight. Going to the gym and eating bags of meat won't keep you 11.
Hanh: But as long as Hodor looks bigger than him... maybe it will work? Or maybe they can castrate Bran!
Sadie: They can CGI him like they do the direwolves. Either option works, really. I'm excited to see how long they keep Bran and Rickon together. And to meet Jojen, aka the cutest kid from Love Actually!
Hanh: Yes, yet another Game of Thrones kid I'll want to adopt! So it's pretty clear that you and I are excited about and on board with the show, despite all the changes from the novels. Maybe we should open up the floor to the readers now and see what they think.
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After months of crafting legislation to keep firearms away from people with mental-health problems, state Rep. Beth McCann scrapped a plan to file the bill Friday and pulled it back for extensive revisions.
The Denver Post and The Associated Press reported Thursday on McCann's plan to introduce the bill Friday. The reports sparked a flurry of comments on social media, and, shortly afterward, McCann announced she was recrafting the measure and still working to gather bipartisan support.
Among the changes, McCann said, she will alter the title of the bill from "Limits on Firearms Possession" to better reflect its goal of managing access to guns by people with mental illnesses.
The Denver Democrat said in mid-March that she was working on a gun bill dealing with mental health.
Republican leaders in the House said Thursday they still have problems with the proposed bill.
The early version of the bill McCann floated Thursday had two main components:
• Creating a task force to examine gun possession by those with mental-health issues, including those placed on emergency holds either because of mental-health or substance-abuse issues. The task force would be established by the Colorado Department of Human Services.
• Providing an option for mental-health professionals to limit the ability of a person to purchase a firearm when the professional believes the person presents a significant risk of causing harm to others.
The measure would provide an additional tool for mental health professionals short of having someone committed if they make this conclusion.
"We need to be concerned about people having guns who really can't handle them responsibly," McCann said Thursday.
"The main purpose of the bill is to identify people, because of mental health or substance abuse issues, who really should not be able to purchase and possess weapons."
McCann's bill would be the final part of a package of bills Democrats have labeled as comprehensive "gun safety" proposals.
Bills that limit ammunition magazines to 15 rounds and require universal background checks on gun sales have already passed the Democrat-controlled legislature with no Republican support, and were signed into law by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Throughout the contentious debate over guns in the House and Senate, Republicans have forcefully denounced the majority of Democratic gun legislation and said that mental health is a key to combating mass shootings.
House Minority Leader Mark Waller, a Colorado Springs Republican, said he doesn't support giving mental-health experts the authority to place limits on a person buying a firearm.
Moreover, Waller says he doesn't think the mental-health community wants to be put in that position.
"If your rights are going to be taken away, it should be done judiciously in the way we do it in other circumstances," Waller said.
"When your freedoms are being taken away from you, you have to go before a judge and have that happen and I think that's appropriate in this circumstance."
James Holmes, the man charged with killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at an Aurora movie theater last July, had been seeing a psychiatrist prior to the shooting.
Waller noted that a task force "is probably appropriate," adding that he hasn't polled his caucus on the bill.
"My expectation is that members of my caucus would share these concerns as well," Waller said.
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